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0.1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :

0.1.01 In the absence of any stipulations to the contrary, unit rate for various items of works
are for completing works to the requirements of the specifications including full
compensation for all operations & inclusive of all labour, materials, royalties, lease rent,
wastages, temporary work, plant, equipment, over head charges and profit, unless specified
otherwise.

0.1.02 The mode of measurements shall be as per provisions content in the relevant chapters
and items of the specifications, unless specified otherwise.

0.1.03 The rates include the element of higher and running charges of all types of plants,
machinery and equipment, required to complete the work, unless specified otherwise. The
rates provided in this schedule of rates include, cost, lead, lift of all materials required for
execution of works inclusive of all charges like duties, octroi, tax, royalty, insurance etc. as
may be applicable, all labour, all lead and lift (unless otherwise specifically provided for)
including performance all workmanship, provision for erection and removal of centering
forms scaffolding, benching, ladders, templates, tools and plants and all other applications etc.
required for the proper execution of work unless otherwise specified. Provisions for covering
etc. necessary to protect the work / structure from inclement weather etc. and damage arising
from falling materials or other cause such as rain, fire etc. shall be contractors responsibility.
Rates are also inclusive of curing wherever required including arrangement of water and its
lead or lift whatsoever.

0.1.04 The labour only provided in the schedule of rates includes the cost of all labour
including necessary machine, tools, scaffolding, handling of materials at site of works, all
workmanship and including the cost of scaffolding, curing, any sundry material like nails,
spikes, water etc. and as detailed above, but does not include the cost of main material, which
means materials shall be made available at or near the site of work. The rate includes
provision of handling, storing under cover as required.

0.1.05 The rates also include the element of testing of samples of various materials brought
by the contractor for use on the work, as well as other necessary tests for items of work as
stipulated in the specifications. Frequency of such tests to be carried out must not be less than
the prescribed frequencies. Copies of registers, containing records of tests shall have to be
presented along with running account bills. Register (original) shall have to be submitted
along with the final bill. Tests shall have to be conducted by the contractor's Engineer under
the supervision of the Engineer-in-charge or his authorized representatives. The contractor
shall have to establish a field laboratory at the site of work, if the amount of contract exceeds
Rs. 25.00 lacs. In other cases where amount of contract is between 5 to 25 lakhs, testing of
construction materials should be got done from any of the tests laboratories of the various
Govt. Departments, Government/Semi Govt. under takings and Technical Institutes,
Engineering College, Polytechnic, I.T.I. etc.

(a) The work should not be accepted in any case, if the contractor fails to observe the
instructions of the department, regarding testing of materials.
(b) Before making any payment, it will bet the responsibility of the officers making payment

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to assure that all tests as per prescribed frequencies, have been carried out, and found as per
requirement.
(c) If tests are not conducted to the prescribed frequency, the Engineer in Charge should
reject that part of the work.

0.1.06 All material shall conform to the relevant Indian Standard Specification prevailing on
the date of issue of notice inviting tender. All materials before use in work shall require
approval of the Engineer in Charge, who will get them tested sampled as per relevant IS Code
1S:5454:1978 at contractor's cost and samples so approved be kept in the office of the
concerned sub divisional officer till finalization of the work.

0.1.07 It will not be obligatory on the part of Engineer in charge to provide any assistance in
obtaining of lease/permits for extraction of minor minerals. The contractor will not be entitle
to any excuse, whatsoever, on account of any delays in obtaining minor minerals to be used
on the work.

0.1.08 Not withstanding any thing to the contrary, aggregates to be used for all cement
concrete items shall be crushed in the mechanical crushers. All concrete shall have to be
mixed in power driven mixtures having hoppers and capacity of mixing concrete mix of
atleast one bag of cement.

0.1.09 Nothing extra shall be payable on account of use of Narmada sand or sand brought
from any other quarry / river. Sand should conform to the requirements of IS: 1542 and IS:
2166 for using it in construction work.

0.1.10 When cement is used for mortar/volumetric mix etc. batch of one bag cement or its
multiples shall be mixed and the measurement of box for metal, sand to be of 35 litres or
multiples of it (convenient box size 40x35x25 cm). For design mix concrete batching shall be
done by weight.

0.1.11 Rates in this S.O.R. would also apply for works (Administrative approval upto Rs.
2.00 Lakhs) on piece work/work order system. Rates payable for any item of work proposed
to be done under this system may either be at par or below the rates in this S.O.R.

0.1.12 Rubble available from excavation of hard rock shall be property of the contractor
subject to recovery of Rs. 150 per cum of the quantity of the rock excavated.

0.1.13 The contractor shall have to provide a ruled duplicate register at site named "Site
order book". It shall be in the custody of departmental supervisory staff. The
Engineer-in-Charge or his authorized representative may record his instructions in this book,
which shall be noted by the contractor or his authorized representative for compliance.

0.1.14 Teak wood shall not be used in any building work unless specific sanction of the State
Government is obtained.

(a) Provision of teak wood shall not be made in any of the estimate without prior sanction of
the State Government.

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0.1.15 Where contract provides for cement to be arranged by the contractor himself, only ISI
mark cement of relevant IS specifications shall be allowed to be used in the work subject to
the following tests. The arrangement for necessary equipment and testing shall have to be
made by the contractor himself at site, to be decided by the Engineer-in-Charge. All expanses
shall be borne by the contractor. Any lot of cement brought to site by the contractor, would
be permitted to be used in the work only after the satisfactory results of the tests, under the
supervision of the Engineer-in-Charge or his authorized representatives. The record of the
tests result shall be maintained in the register referred in subsequent para.
a. Test for initial & final setting time as per IS: 3536-1996 1 Test for 10 tonnes or part
thereof upto 10 tonnes.
b. Test for determination of compressive strength of cement as per IS: 3536-1996 1 Test for
50 tonnes or part thereof upto 10 tonnes.

0.1.16 A duplicate register as per format here under shall be maintained at site of work.
Extract certified copies of the entries for each month shall be submitted to the
Engineer-in-Charge by the contactor. The original register shall also be submitted to the
Engineer-in-Charge on completion of the work by the contractor.
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S.No. Date of No. Name Signature Signature Result of Result of Remark
receipt of and of of authorised test for of tests
of cement bags address contractor representative initial for
of firms, or his of Engineer- and final compressive
from authorised in-Charge setting strenght
representative time of cement
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0.1.17 When the strength of concrete required is upto M-20, then OPC confirming to IS
269-1989 or PPC confirming to IS : 1498-1976 may be used.

0.1.18 When the strength of concrete required is more than M-20 but upto M-30, then OPC
confirming to IS : 8112 - 1989 shall be used.

0.1.19 Nominal mix would be adopted for cement concrete M-7.5, M-10, M-15 and M-20.
Design mix shall have to be adopted for concrete of higher strengths.

0.1.20 As regard to steel reinforcement;

a) Mild steel and medium tensile steel bars shall conform to IS : 432 (Part-I).
b) Hot rolled deformed bars shall conform to IS : 1139.
c) Cold Twisted bars shall conform to IS : 1786.
d) Hard drawn steel wire fabric shall conform to IS : 1566 and
e) Rolled steel made from structural steel shall conform to IS : 226.

0.1.21 All reinforcement shall be free from loose mill scales, loose rust and coats of paints,

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oil, mud or other coating which may destroy or reduce bond.

0.1.22 The contractor shall have to produce Test Certificate in the proforma prescribed
approved by BIS from the manufacturer for every batch of steel brought to site of work.

0.1.23 Only such steel as is obtained from main producers of steel e.g. SAIL, IISCO,
TISCO or such steel rolling mills as are having licence from the B.I.S to manufacture such
steel for reinforcements, shall to be allowed to be used in the work.

0.1.24 The rates for various items in this SOR are subject to stipulations in these "General
Notes".

0.1.25 Items not included in this SOR shall neither be provided in any estimate nor executed
without express prior permission of the Chief Engineer even though shown in the drawings
prepared by the Chief Architect or any Consulting Architect. If any new or modified item is
proposed to be provided in any estimate or intended to be executed in any work, proposals
with full justification thereof along with financial implication must be submitted to the Chief
Engineer for obtaining prior approval.

0.1.26 In case of any contradiction in the provisions of the specifications and the SOR, the
provisions of the latter would take precedence.

0.1.27 The rates as given in this schedule for all items are final, binding and conclusive. In
case of doubt and printing mistakes if any, the decision of the Chief Engineer will be final and
binding.

0.1.28 In the interpretation of description of items or rates of the schedule of rates and
specification, the decision of the Chief Engineer shall be final and binding.

0.2 DEFINITIONS :
a) Specifications would refer to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) specifications
as applicable as on date.
b) Engineer-in-charge would refer to the Executive Engineer of the Rural Engineering
Services Division for the time being. It would also refer to the "Engineer" mentioned in the
aforesaid specifications.
c) B.I.S. would refer to Bureau of Indian Standards.

The following terms and expressions in this schedule shall have the meaning or implication
hereby assigned to them unless otherwise specified elsewhere.
0.2.01. Contractor - The 'contractor' shall mean the individual or firm or company whether
incorporated or not undertaking the works and shall include the legal personal
representatives of such individual of the persons composing such firm or company, or the
successors of such individual or firm or company and the permitted assignees of such
individual or firm or company.
0.2.02. Engineer-in-charge - The 'Engineer-in-charge' means the Executive Engineer who
shall supervise and be in-charge of the work and who shall sign the contract on behalf of the
Governor.

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0.2.03. Site- The 'Site' shall mean the land/or other places on. in. into or through which the
work is to be executed or any adjacent land, path or street through which the work to be
executed or any adjacent land, path or street which may be allotted or used for purpose of
carrying out the work.
0.2.04 Store - The 'store' shall mean the place of issue of materials included in the appropriate
schedule for issue by the R.E.S. In all other cases ' store' shall mean any R.E.S. store in the
district.
0.2.05. IS- The standards, specification and code of Practices issued by the Bureau of Indian
Standards.
0.2.06 Best- The word 'Best' when used shall mean that in the opinion of the Engineer- in-
charge, there is no superior material/ article and workmanship obtainable in the market and
trade respectively. As for as possible the standard required shall be specified in preference to
the word 'Best' .
0.2.07. Department- ' Department' shall mean Rural Engineering Services under the control of
Rural Development Department of Government of Madhya Pradesh.
0.2.08 MOST - MOST shall mean ministry of surface transport (Road wing) Govt. of India.
Publication "Specification of Road and Bridge Works" (Fifth Revision) 2004.
0.2.09. S.R.R.- S.R.R.shall mean publication of I.R.C. (Ministry of Rural Development)
named as "Specification for Rural Roads" 2004
0.2.10. S.P.20 - S.P.20 means the publication of I.R.C. named as "Special Publication 20 -
Rural Road Manual 2002". Also IRC publication means any relevent Indian road Congress
publications for the subject.

0.3. FLOORS AND LEVELS :

0.3.01. Buildings :
(a) Floor 1 is the lowest floor above the ground level in the building unless otherwise
specified in a particular case. The floors above floor 1 shall be numbered in sequence as floor
2, floor 3 and so on. The number shall increase upwards.
(b) Floor Level - For Floor 1, top level of finished floor shall be the floor level and for all
other floors above floor 1, top level of the structural slabs shall be the floor level .
(c) Plinth Level - Floor 1 level or 1.2 m above the ground level whichever is lower shall be
the plinth level.
0.4. SPECIAL STRUCTURES :
For structures like retaining walls, wing walls, chimneys, over head reservoirs/tanks and other
elevated structures, where elevations/ heights above a defined datum level have not been
specified and identification of floor cannot be done as in case of buildings, levels, at 1.2 m
above the ground level shall be the floor 1 level as well as plinth level. Level at height of 3.5
m above floor 1 level will be reckoned as floor 2 level and level at a height of 3.5 m above the
floor level will be floor 3 level and so on . Where the total height above the floor 1 level is not
a whole number multiple of 3.5 meters, top most floor level shall the next in sequence to the
floor level below even if the difference in height between the two upper most floor levels is
less than 3.5 meters.
0.5 FOUNDATION AND PLINTH :
The work in foundation and plinth shall include -
(a) For buildings - All works upto 1.2 meters above ground level or upto floor 1 level
whichever is lower.
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(c) For retaining walls, wing walls, compound walls, chimneys, over head reservoirs/ tanks
and other elevated structures All works upto 1.2 meters above the ground level.
(d) For reservoirs/tanks (other than overhead reservoirs/tanks) - All works upto 1.2 meters
above the ground level.
(e) For basements - All works upto 1.2 meters above ground level or upto floor 1 level
whichever is lower.
0.6 MEASUREMENTS :
0.6.01. In booking dimensions, the order shall be consistent and the sequence of length, the
width and height or depth or thickness.
0.6.02. Rounding off - Rounding off where required shall be done in accordance with IS:
2-1960. The number of significant places rounded in the round off value should be as
specified.
0.7. SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION :
0.7.01. The Panchayat and Implementing Agency shall employ only such methods of
construction, tools and plant as are appropriate for the type of work or as approved by
Engineer- in- charge in writing.
0.7.02. The Panchayat and Implementing Agency shall take all precautions and measures to
ensure safety of work and workman and shall be fully responsible for the same . Safety
pertaining to construction works such as excavation, centring and shuttering, trenching,
blasting, demolition, electric connections, scaffolds, ladders, working platforms, gangway,
mixing of bituminous materials, electric and gas welding, use of hoisting and construction
machinery shall be governed by CPWD Safety code, relevant safety codes and the directions
of Engineer-in-charge.
0.8. ABBREVIATIONS:
The following abbreviations, wherever they appear in the schedule of rates, shall have the
meaning of implications hereby assigned to them.
AC Asbestos Cement ASTM American Society for testing materials
BC Black cotton BM Bench Mark
BWG British Wire Gauge Bt Black Trap
C Degree centigrade
temperature CC Cement Concrete
CG Centre of gravity CGS Corrugated Galvanised sheet
CI Cast iron CL Centre line
cm Centimetre CM Cement mortar
CR Coursed rubble cucm Cubic centimetre
cum Cubic metre cumec (s) Cubic metre per second (s)
Dia Diameter DRR Diesel road roller
D\S Downstream etc. Etcetra
e.g. For example ERW Electric resistance welded
E\ W Earth work GI Galvanised iron
KVA Kilo volt ampere LM Lime mortar
LWL Low water level m Metre
MDD Maximum dry density mm Millimetre
MS Mild steel MTS Medium tensile steel
N/ Sqmm Newton per sq mm NMR Nominal muster roll
OMC Optimum moisture content PCC Plain cement concrete
POL Petrol oil and lubricant pt Part

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PVC Polyvinyl chloride r radius

Re Rupee Rs Rupees
RCC Reinforced cement concrete q quintal
RR Random rubble RS Rolled steel joist
SDO Sub-Divisional Officer Sqm square metre
GL Ground level HP Horse power
I.e. That is IRC Indian road congress
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